PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS -/ 'U PrQbobly Balloon 0 Po!>siblyBalloon Aoril 1955 ---~-ll hl!t!it_n ~ Yi~!1inia 3. DATETIME GROUP 4. lVPE OF OaSERVATION XL"<Ground Visual 0 Air-Visual -7-.-L-E_N_G_T_H~O~P~O~B~S-E_R_V_A_T_IO-N-------- O~.~NUMBEROFOOJECTS 1 hr, 30 mins one 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING . Round, 20-30 feet in dinmetero Silver-metallic. Moving slowly. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) :\fl. Ground Rod or 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Was AircraFt 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Pos5ibly Aircraft I ..:. t' r l-; !,Ao Was Astronomi coiJl l n .l' t er v Probobl y Astronomical 11. COMMENTS 0 Po ui bly A:otronomicol 0 Insufficient Dota for Evoluotion Jupiter in approximate position reported. Daylight observation. Object not visible to naked eye. Visible only tl1rough theoliteo ltl'lt' ~ ;wow- "t.A- r~r:rcJ1 00 JEDEN JEPNY JE~P JEPHO TO JEDc:tv' CNDR ADC ENT P.FB ROLOH AIJO ,i:PNY .t CrJDR ?. 6TH AD DE:F r.oSLYN NY JZt\wP/ C~1DH Ali< TECHt!lCAL lNTF.L CEN lvHIGHT PATTEFSON AFD OHIO--- f /2PHQ/ Dli-~ OF INTEL hQ USAF tl ASH ".5 DC 1 Dr:scr~IPIION E. 2 0-30 FEET Dl A~1ETE:R USING GRND THEOI.lTE: C, SILVEH flET ALJ.IC F F. LONG AT AND \tJ .n.VER COULD BE ILLUSION ~ DES CP I PT ION OF COU~SE .'\, 1' td~I~1G PIBAI. AND TPACJ(l~:G 11' \tj HEN THFY C/\!~E UPON UFOB : .O~ti SA;1Z J.OC:f.TJON '.: .SIII.L VISIELE: AT r~EG . t10V!NG VERY SLOHLY DROP?ED TO 25) Dt:G ELVE 2~.5 DEG P.i:LATIVE BEARING 2 DE:s en I PT ION OF COUHSE A. T l\KING PIBAL AND TRACJ<I~:G IT \tJ HEN THEY CA!~E UPON UFOS B, 31.~ DE:G EU:V "4~ DF.G REl.AliVE: B~:.l\RING FROM DAHL.GJ<EN OPER1,TIONS V.O.. FHOM S ANl~ l.OGE:"f ION C S T I L I. V IS I P. LE AT 2 ~ Ill~ G D. t10VING VERY Sl.OHI..Y DilOPPED TO 29 DEC EJ.VE 245 DE:G p~:l..'\TIV5: BEAF:ING 3. H AlJNER OF 09SF.RV AT ION A. G!?.OUND V ISU .~I. AND GROUND E LE: CTP.ONI C -f\IF SUHVE I Lt.E:I\ CE Rl\ 1JAI\ 4. Tii1E AND DATE: OF SIGHT!r~G 5 l.OCAT ION OF OBSERVF..:R !.AT 382 0N 77 :Z.''Z AT DAHLGREN BASE OPNS VA PAGE THREE JE Dl.S 01 H ..... .-=- BYN ID~:NTIFYING INFOR~lATION OF Al.L OB~ERVERS N( ~I. PHOV1NG GRD BAHLGP.E~: VA :::A OSSE:EVOR AG 1 S AtviE OR G j'\N AND S A~IE tUTY OF SIGHTII-'C F~ E.: L I A B I 1: IT Y U N I< 1. 'JEATHER AND WINDS ALb . f CONDITION AT I fH: AND Pl. f-\CE OF SIGHTING r\. ~50 SCATTE~ED Cl.DS 0 SC.l\TTE:P.ED CLDS VIS 15 t"1II.ES \viNDS SSt~ ~5 2 0000 FT 09/J DEC GPE KT PPPP FT 10 DEG 13 l<T c. SANE AS 7 A ABOVE DBt1 15 NII.SE PAGE FOUR DEDI.S 01H 9 . AI1 TYPE A/C BUT OUT OF RANG~ 35-4e00~ FT 1~. OPERATIPN OFFICER FJ..T SVC CE N OI.NSTEt AFB PA POSSI BLY ~JEA BATl"OON SINCE vJ INDS ARE NEGL19 )3 UFOB INDEX CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 2. LOCATION 0 Was Balloon Dahlgren, Virginia 11 Probably Balloon 3. OATETIME GROUP 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft IX Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Air--Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE San.i-5tationary 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS en. (l) object, round, white, aharplay de.ti:necl ~s, estimated at )8,000 feet, to be approx JO .feet in di anteter. Theodoll te eyepi~ use<l by 0 bserva-. . A ISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) Obser1er commented that t&"le object looked. like a ball oon. Investigation by Flight ~g c.a need trot this object ~ma/i Csonaa balloon r9leaded by' the Norfolk Naval, Base.